11.   His case surfaced last April after another vice mayor, Wang Baosen, committed suicide and left behind a trail of lavish spending and missing government funds.

12.   In addition to the Post and NBC, other cases have surfaced at ABC News and CBS News.

13.   Similarly wrenching cases are surfacing across the nation as more lesbian partners raise children born after artificial insemination.

14.   The FBI had interviewed Irish before the anthrax cases surfaced as part of the investigation tracing the steps of the hijackers.

15.   His case had surfaced during an intellectual property rights dispute between the United States and China.

16.   The Yokota case surfaced last year in the alleged testimony of a North Korean agent who had fled to South Korea.